My date now is that Macconection will not get them until 9/29 a full 96 days after I ordered.
This is as misleading as Apple's original ship date. You ordered your computer knowing full well that it was not a shipping unit. The most you can blame Apple for is a 1 month delay not 3 months! Sorry your computer is dealyed a month, but these things happen when your ordering brand new stuff. Next time don't order until the items are being made and stocked on shelves.
Apple should announce the product when it is ready to ship!
Not MONTHS before they have a clue when it will ship. Allowing the university to jump ahead in the que is lame also.
Again I must disagree. If anything, most people complain that Apple is too tight-lipped about furture products. In this case Apple had to announce when they did because of the WWDC. Remember they already pushed the conference back 1 month. Before WWDC, many people were ranting on Apple to pre-aanounce the G5 just to stop the loss of professionals going to Wintel because of Apple's poor offereings. Here we are now and we have people complaining that Apple shouldn't say anything until a pile of black boxes are on the shelf. Most businesses announce their products ahead of time to some degree or another. For Apple to build its computers with new chips they have to tell 3rd party vendors about them. As someone else pointed out above, if you wait to tell the world about the G5 until its shipping then you'll have to wait two more months to get the software and hardware to run on it.
did you all recognize that the rumor about an G5-based supercomputer is indeed true?
Its true, but in the context of this thread it doesn't make much difference. 1100 units should only be a few days worth of product. It should not be the only reason for a 1 month delay.
Its true, but in the context of this thread it doesn't make much difference. 1100 units should only be a few days worth of product. It should not be the only reason for a 1 month delay.
so what if there are different other projects in other universities which relay on getting the g5 early? ... it seems plausible for me to send the macs to that places first ... they have to decide what to do with the machines which - as we can see - aren't available in adequate quantity... what would you do?
so what if there are different other projects in other universities which relay on getting the g5 early? ... it seems plausible for me to send the macs to that places first ... they have to decide what to do with the machines which - as we can see - aren't available in adequate quantity... what would you do?
I'm not complaining about Apple giving Edu first crack at the new machines. I'm just stating, in regards to the other person's comments in this thread, that this one order is not reason for the delay. It just not that big. If they had 50 orders from Edu at this size then t would explain a 1 month delay.
Apple has already shipped 25,000 1.6's and 1.8's I read this on some site, not sure which one. I wonder how many preorders were for the dual? I saw on another site that they got 100,000 preorders but the site did not give the break down. If they have already of 25k out then things are looking good over the next few weeks.
How many sites are building them I wonder? Anyone know Ireland is one of them from what I have read. Other might be Elk Grove.
I dont want to sound like an Apple apologist, but here goes. EDU orders are probably a big chunck of change for Apple right about now with EVERY school starting up. Kids actually need to have their computers to be able to "function" now days. If youre a university being courted by EVERY manufacturer out there for their product and the one you choose this year screws you and your students who are you going to go with next year??? Do you know how many peopel are going to be writing their deans,IT head and such for not having their comouters available and possibly getting poor grades on their first few assignments? In that respect I can understand Apple making sure the edu units get delivered first. Each year thousands of kids start schol and buy computers. Would you risk all that cash, not only this year, but also next year and the year after that...? I wouldnt. Atleast not for the sake of the guy who will buy one computer every 2-3 years.
With all that stated, Apple should have come clean early in the game and notified everyone that their orders will be delayed and possibly offered an incentive for early order holders left in the dark. Something simple and small like overnight shipping would have been nice.
On a different note, we do this to ourselves to some degree. We jump on the bandwagon and order a mythical product that hasnt been massproduced yet with the expectation that everything will go smooth. If people would not place pre-orders as willingly as they do now Apple would have to come up with a different plan.
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Originally posted by zoozx27
My date now is that Macconection will not get them until 9/29 a full 96 days after I ordered.
This is as misleading as Apple's original ship date. You ordered your computer knowing full well that it was not a shipping unit. The most you can blame Apple for is a 1 month delay not 3 months! Sorry your computer is dealyed a month, but these things happen when your ordering brand new stuff. Next time don't order until the items are being made and stocked on shelves.
Originally posted by zoozx27
Apple should announce the product when it is ready to ship!
Not MONTHS before they have a clue when it will ship. Allowing the university to jump ahead in the que is lame also.
Again I must disagree. If anything, most people complain that Apple is too tight-lipped about furture products. In this case Apple had to announce when they did because of the WWDC. Remember they already pushed the conference back 1 month. Before WWDC, many people were ranting on Apple to pre-aanounce the G5 just to stop the loss of professionals going to Wintel because of Apple's poor offereings. Here we are now and we have people complaining that Apple shouldn't say anything until a pile of black boxes are on the shelf. Most businesses announce their products ahead of time to some degree or another. For Apple to build its computers with new chips they have to tell 3rd party vendors about them. As someone else pointed out above, if you wait to tell the world about the G5 until its shipping then you'll have to wait two more months to get the software and hardware to run on it.
Originally posted by Krassy
did you all recognize that the rumor about an G5-based supercomputer is indeed true?
Its true, but in the context of this thread it doesn't make much difference. 1100 units should only be a few days worth of product. It should not be the only reason for a 1 month delay.
Originally posted by Carson O'Genic
Its true, but in the context of this thread it doesn't make much difference. 1100 units should only be a few days worth of product. It should not be the only reason for a 1 month delay.
so what if there are different other projects in other universities which relay on getting the g5 early? ... it seems plausible for me to send the macs to that places first ... they have to decide what to do with the machines which - as we can see - aren't available in adequate quantity... what would you do?
Originally posted by Krassy
so what if there are different other projects in other universities which relay on getting the g5 early? ... it seems plausible for me to send the macs to that places first ... they have to decide what to do with the machines which - as we can see - aren't available in adequate quantity... what would you do?
I'm not complaining about Apple giving Edu first crack at the new machines. I'm just stating, in regards to the other person's comments in this thread, that this one order is not reason for the delay. It just not that big. If they had 50 orders from Edu at this size then t would explain a 1 month delay.
Originally posted by Skippy
Any one else notice that estimated ship times on a new BTO 2 Ghz G5 on the online apple store is 10-15 days???
Hey! What's up with that?!
Maybe we should all cancel our preorders and then reorder!
How many sites are building them I wonder? Anyone know Ireland is one of them from what I have read. Other might be Elk Grove.
Originally posted by Elderloc
Apple has already shipped 25,000 1.6's and 1.8's I read this on some site, not sure which one.
CNET has an article which quotes these numbers.
With all that stated, Apple should have come clean early in the game and notified everyone that their orders will be delayed and possibly offered an incentive for early order holders left in the dark. Something simple and small like overnight shipping would have been nice.
On a different note, we do this to ourselves to some degree. We jump on the bandwagon and order a mythical product that hasnt been massproduced yet with the expectation that everything will go smooth. If people would not place pre-orders as willingly as they do now Apple would have to come up with a different plan.